A serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his place of service

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Turpal Chamsadinov, who left his place of service and was absent from there for more than a year and a half, to five years in prison.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, on September 24, 2022, parts 2.1, 3.1 and 5 of Article 337 on unauthorized abandonment of a unit or place of service during mobilization were introduced into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The amendments provide for imprisonment for up to 10 years. Tightening of laws after the announcement of mobilization led to harsher sentences for absence from a military unit.

Serviceman Tulpar Chamsadinov was found guilty under Part 5 of Article 337 of the Criminal Code of Russia1, the press service of the Nalchik Garrison Military Court reported.

As the court established, on May 5, 2023, Chamsadinov arbitrarily left the temporary deployment point of the military unit. The police found him only on January 16, 2025, in Mayskiy (Kabardino-Balkaria) and handed him over to representatives of the military commandant's office. The defendant fully admitted his guilt, according to a message on the court's VKontakte page.

The court sentenced Chamsadinov to five years in prison, taking into account that he "expressed regret for what he had done." After the verdict was announced on July 23, the serviceman was taken into custody in the courtroom and placed in a pre-trial detention center.

On September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. On October 28 of the same year, the Minister of Defense reported to the president on its completion, but no corresponding decree followed. Lawyers have concluded that a presidential decree is not needed to end partial mobilization, Putin's press secretary explained.

At the same time, on December 12, 2023, the military court in Maykop, having sentenced mobilized Vladimir Litenkov to five years in prison for leaving his unit without permission in June 2023, emphasized that "partial mobilization has been declared in the Russian Federation, which was not completed at the time Litenkov committed the crime.

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